Investigating the Effect of FLOW Teaching Strategy on EFL Learners’ Writing Achievements

Document Type : Original Article

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Department of English, College of Education (Ibn-Rushd) Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq

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The  present  study  aims  at  investigating  the  effect  of  “FLOW”  strategy is a creative thinking strategy on developing EFL learners'  writing achievements. The sample of the study was ninety Iraqi college students. Their performance was assessed on the pre and post achievement test in both experimental group 45 taught by “FLOW” strategy and control 45 taught traditionally. A test was designed and exposed to jury of experts for ascertaining its validity. The reliability coefficient of the test was 0.89 by using Cronbach Alpha Formula. The collected testing papers were analyzed by using T-test.  It is found that there are significant differences between the two groups. This indicates that teaching writing a composition by using “FLOW” strategy is more effective than teaching by traditional ones. The researcher has recommended that the use of “FLOW” strategy in teaching writing in the colleges, especially with productive subjects.

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